How to pronounce 'Dunedin'?

I had a condo in Dun-e-din, Florida and know it is pronounced that way there. I’ve also been to Dun-e-din, New Zealand which pronounces it the same way.

My aunt lived there for decades. She pronounced it like a hillbilly telling someone they made a TV dinner. I “done a din.”

I take those ^^ to mean DUNN-a-DIN. Placement of the stress does seem to vary.

So I also see dun-EE-din and dun-EDD-in. And I think I’ve heard DOON-a-DIN too. Do we have any Scots who can weigh in?

Dun-ee-din in Florida.

When I lived in Australia, I heard it pronounced dun-EE-din. I’ve heard British friends say the same.

@JLeslie, where is the stress in your version? Is it the same as @Hawaii_Jake‘s?

Press on the little arrow next to the name and it will play for you. https://www.howtopronounce.com/dunedin-florida

@kneesox I thought it was evident from my post that the “e” was a long e. I’ve never heard it pronounced any other way but I don’t know how the Scots pronounce theirs.

@janbb, sorry, to me it wasn’t. I thought the cap D indicated the stressed syllable. The fact that there seem to be several ways is the reason for this question. I heard a radio announcer today say DUNN-a-DIN, and when I tried to look it up I found confusing differences. So here I’m trying to ask people who actually know the places. I thought the Scots version would feature “edin” as in “Edinburgh” with “dun” meaning “hill.”

When I first moved to that area in Florida I asked my realtor to make sure we were saying it correctly. I tend to pronounce e like a Spanish e if it isn’t evident to me with the English phonetic rules. In Spanish the e would be like e in Ed, but then the u would be different too.

You just never know how locals are going to pronounce things.

I remember my husband while guessing even tried dune-a-din. Dune like sand dunes. Lol.

Done-E-Din